March 2020: Etsedera Favourite content
It’s that time of the month again. Probably not the most adept choice of words for a post that will be dedicated to women, their fights and their voices but this quarantine time has me wanting to make childish jokes. But fear not, the content listed below will get the intellectual level back up where it needs to be.
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For a boost, what’s better than seeing women come together in joyful song, inviting all women to get moving for their rights? I love it.
And for a second boost, a meme that I have truly enjoyed during this time of growing isolation worldwide
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A test for abortion rights from The Daily, because women’s rights are far from acquired forever, especially now that crisis mode is being used in many places as an excuse to reduce access to safe abortion practices for women. We have to keep our rulers in check!
Dolly Parton’s America from WNYC, specifically Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad. I watched her interview in Reese Witherspoon’s show, I love Steel Magnolias but I’d never taken the time to really learn about all the ways Dolly was a trailblazer. I invite you to take that time now with me.
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What's in a name from Restless Mag hit me really hard as I have heard this story too many times. I ache for all the women who are so harshly judged and humiliated for going through what is just an ordinary moment in life, a separation.
When You're Pregnant During a Pandemic from the Atlantic was very insightful to me because I have been trying on my level to project myself past our current crisis, past quarantine and have found it difficult if not impossible. So I cannot imagine going through that while in the process of bringing a child into the world, in particular when it’s possibly unraveling.
British TV Isn’t Afraid of Aging Women from Shondaland gave me hope for representation in the future if people in show business are taking a step back and looking elsewhere to see what they could do better.
'It's like a remote sleepover': my week meeting quarantined strangers from The Guardian brought some poetry into the reality of quarantine and isolation. I want to try this before this turns into Chatroulette.